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谷有一条小溪流过。6 [VN] to add water to
an alcoholic drink往（酒里）‘水；给…加水：watered wine掺了水 的葡萄酒 _上1:奶.water sth^'down
1 to make a liquid weaker by adding water加水冲淡（液体）；掺水_释
dilute 2 [usually
passive] to change a speech, a piece of writing, etc. in
order to make it less strong or offensive缓和（说话、文章等的）语气；使变得轻描淡写
DILUTE
the 'Water Bearer/i〇w/i [sing.] = Aquarius
water-bed /'woitabed; NAmE 'woitarb-;
'wait-/ noun a bed with a rubber or plastic mattress that is filled with wafer水床（铺橡胶或塑料充水床垫的床）^ water-bird /'wo:tab3：(i; NAmE 'wo:t0rb3：rd; 'wait-/ noun a bird that lives near
and walks or swims in water, especially rivers or lakes ■(尤指江河湖泊中的}水鸟，
水禽
•water biscuit /70W/1 (8r£) a thin
crisp plain biscuit, usually eaten with butter and/or cheese 命脆饼干■(通
常加黄油、奶酪食用）
waterborne /'woitaboin;
NAmE 'woitarborrn; 'wart-/ adj. spread or carried by water水传播的；水源传染的；经永
洛的’；水运的：c/ioZera and other
waterborne diseases 霍等经水传染疾病◊ waterborne
goods水运货物 —compare airborne(2)
'water buffalo noun a large Asian animal of the cow family,
used for pulling vehicles and farm equipment in tropical countries印度水牛 < 並洲挽畜>
'water butt noun (6r£) a large barrel for collecting rain as it flows off a roof (接房檐雨水的）大水桶
'water cannon noun a machine that
produces a powerful flow of water, used by the police to control crowds of
people水炮（警方用以驱散人群)V the 'Water Carrier noun [sing.] = Aquarius 'water chestnut noun the thick round white root of a tropical
plant that grows in water, often used in Chinese cooking 荸荠
'water clock noun (in the past) a clock that used the flow
of water to measure time水钟，漏壶（旧时利用'水
流计时）
'water closet noun {abbr. WC) [old-fashioned) a
toilet
盥洗室；厕所
water-cohour (Sr£) (NAmE water-color) /'wo:t8kAl8(r);
'woitark-; 'wait-/
noun 1 watercolours [pi.] paints
that you mix with Xvater, not oil, and use for painting pictures 水彩（颜料 >
2 [C] a picture painted with these paints 水—画•
water.c〇l.our-ist_(8/f)(/V/\/r7fwater.col.or.ist)/_w3:te-
kAlarist;
NAmE 'wortar-/ noun a
person who paints with watercolours水彩画作水彩画家 ’water-cooled flc/y. (of machines,
etc.机器等）cooled using water 水冷的
'water cooler noun 1 a machine, for
example in an office, that cools water and supplies it for drinking 饮 水冷‘器 2
used when referring to a. place where office workers talk in an informal way,
for example near the water cooler职员聊天处（饮水冷却器附近等的办公室
人M闲谈处）：打 was
a story they’d shared around the water cookr.这件事是同事之间闲谈时听来的。
watercourse /'woitakois; NAmE 'woitarkoirs;
'wait-/ noun {technical a stream or an artificial channel for
water河道；水沟渠；渠道
watercress /'woitakres; NAmE 'wortark-;
'wait/ noun [U] a water plant with
small round green leaves and thin stems.
It has a strong taste and is often eaten raw in salads.水田芥，豆瓣菜，西洋菜（永生植物，有辛香味J .watered 'silk noun [U] a type of shiny
silk cloth with a pattern on it that looks like water in waves 波纹網 water-fall /'wo:tafo:l; NAmE 'wortarf-;
'wa:t-/ noun a place where a stream or river falls from
a high place, for example over a cliff or
rock 瀑布
'water feature noun an artificial area of
water, or structure with water flowing through it, which is intended to make a
garden more attractive and interesting (花园 中的） 人工水景
water fountain noun [NAmE) = drinking fountain
waterfowl /'woitafaul;
NAmE 'woitarf-; 'wait-/ noun [usually
pi.] (pi. water-fowl) a bird that can swim
and lives near water, especially a duck
or goose 水鸟；水禽（■允
指鸭或鹅）
water-front /'woitafrMit; NAmE 'wortarf-;
'wait-/ noun [ustially sing.] a part of a town or an area that is
next to water, for example in a harbour 滨水路；滨水区；码
头a
wflte/^ront apartment —套滨水公寓 'water gun noun (NAm£) = water pistol water-hole /'woitahaul; NAmE
'woitdrhoul; 'wait-/ (also 'watering hole) noun a
place in a hot country, where animals go to drink (热备国家动物饮水的）水坑，7jc池 'water ice noun [u,
C] {Br£) = sorbet 'watering can noun a metal or plastic
container with a handle and a long spout,
used for pouring water on plants (绕花草用的•）洒水壶，喷壶一picture o garden 'watering hole noun 1 = waterhole 2 {informal, humorous) a bar or place where
people go to drink 酒吧;/酒馆
'watering place noun {old-fashioned) a
town with a natural supply of mineral
water where people go for their health 泉疗养地 HT1 spa 'water jump noun an area of water that
horses or runners have to jump over in a race or competition (障碍赛马或赛跑等中需越过的）水沟障碍
waterless /'wortalas; NAmE 'woitarlas;
'wart-/ adj. with no water 无水的；干的：a water丨ess barren region 干旱 的荒芜地区
'water level noun [U,
C] the height that the surface of a mass of water rises or falls to, or the
height it is at
水准；f位；水平
'water lily noun a
plant that floats on the surface of water, with large round flat leaves and
white, yellow or pink fiowers 睡莲
waterline /'wortalam; NAmE 'woitarl-;
'wait-/ noun the waterline [sing.] the level that
the water reaches along the side of a ship (船的 > 吃水线_，水线 waterlogged /'woitalDgd; NAmE 'woitarloigd;
'wait-; -la:gd/ 1 (of soil, a field, etc. 土壤，田地等）so full of water that it cannot hold any more and
becomes flooded水浸的；水涝的；水淹的：77iey couWnY pZay because the pitch was vvateriogged 因球场泡水他们未能
进行比赛。2 (of
a boat, etc.船等）so full of water that
it can no longer float进;jjc满舱的；浸满水下沉的
Water-loo /.worta'lu:; /V^/rjf.woitar'lu:; 'wart-/ noun [sing.]
sb’s〜a final defeat for sb最终的失!毁灭性打击：
This
was the point at which he was to meet his
'water main noun a
large underground pipe that supplies water to buildings，etc•给水干管；总水管
watermark /'woitamaik; NAmE 'woitarmarrk;
'wait-/ noun a symbol or design in some types of paper,
which can be seen when the paper is held against the light (纸张上的 V 水印一see also HIGH-WATER
MARK, LOW- WATER MARK
'water meadow noun [usually pi.] a field near a
river that is often flooded (命边经常水淹的）浸水草地，
草甸
watermelon /'wortamelan;
NAmE 'woitarm-; 'wait-/ noun [C,
U] a type of large melon with
hard, dark green skin, red flesh and black seeds 西瓜一picture o page R17
wateMTlilf /'woitamil;
NAmE 'woitarm-; 'wait-/ noun a
mill next to a river in which the
machinery for grinding grain into
flour is driven by the power of the water. turning a wheel水磨；水力磨粉机
'water moccasin noun = cottonmouth water pistol (NAmE also
water
gun, squirt gun) now/7 a toy gun that shoots water 玩具喷永手疮
'water polo noun [U] a game played by
two teams of people swimming in a swimming pool. Players try to throw a ball
into the other team’s goal.水球运动